It All Began With Russia: Donald Trump’s Four Great Betrayals of the Nation
Alexei Nikolsky/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Donald Trump has betrayed the United States at least four times. He downplayed and failed to adequately respond to a pandemic that has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans…
A Homeless Shelter in 5 Months? LA Shows It Can Be Done.
A pair of homeless people on Skid Row, about a mile from the Vignes Street project.Kevin Drum Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.As you probably know, Los Angeles has an enormous homelessness problem. Today, however, the…
It’s Time to Crush Fox News
A new logo is fine, but how about doing something to really show that you care about your customers?Andre M. Chang/ZUMA Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Max Boot says that it’s all very well to fight…
Fox News Is the Source of All Evil
Why have we let this man destroy our country? For God’s sake, a Bond villain was based on Murdoch! What more warning do you need?Tolga Akmen/London News Pictures via ZUMA Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Seth…
Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: January 17 Update
The y-axis of the charts now maxes out at 20 in order to accomodate Great Britain, which blew past the old 16 deaths per million max over the weekend. Sweden looks like it might not be far behind. The US is, for the moment, plateauing at about 10 deaths per million. All of these, as…
Biden Needs to Hit the Ground Running on Climate—or Else
acilo/Getty Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was originally published by Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. First, Americans, let’s congratulate ourselves for having used the power of our vote to create…